On 16 April, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (VRU) adopted the Law of Ukraine “On Approval of the Decree of the President of Ukraine “On Extension of the Martial Law in Ukraine” № 4356-IX, which extended the martial law in Ukraine from 05.30 a.m. on 9 May 2025 for 90 days, until 7 August 2025.

On 16 April, the Parliament adopted the Law of Ukraine “On Approval of the Decree of the President of Ukraine “On Extension of the Term of General Mobilisation” № 4357-IX, which extended the term of general mobilisation by 90 days from 9 May 2025. Thus, the period of general mobilisation was extended until 7 August 2025.

On 29 April, the VRU adopted Resolution № 4384-IX “On the exercise by the head of the Gostomel settlement military administration of the Bucha district of Kyiv region of the powers provided for in part two of Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine “On the legal regime of martial law””.

On 29 April, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (CMU) adopted Resolution № 494 “On Amendments to the Regulation on the Lyceum of Security and National Patriotic Education”. In accordance with the amendments, the lyceum of security and national-patriotic education will provide complete general secondary education (specialised secondary education). To decide on its establishment, the expenditures for the operation of such a lyceum must be agreed upon with the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.

On 29 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 493 “Some Issues of Organisation of Work on Inspection of Real Estate Objects for Accommodation of Internally Displaced Persons”. Under part six of Article 4-2 of the Law of Ukraine ‘On Ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of Internally Displaced Persons’ No. 1706-VII of 20 October 2014, the ‘Model Regulations on the Coordination Commission for the Registration of Real Estate for the Accommodation of Internally Displaced Persons at Regional and Kyiv City State (Military) Administrations’ and the ‘Model Regulations on the Commission for the Inspection of Real Estate for the Accommodation of Internally Displaced Persons at District State (Military) Administrations’ were approved.

On 29 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 489 “On Approval of the Procedure for Inspection of Real Estate Objects for Accommodation of Internally Displaced Persons and the Standard Form of the Real Estate Inspection Act”. Under part eight of Article 4-2 of the Law of Ukraine ‘On Ensuring Rights and Freedoms of Internally Displaced Persons’, the Procedure for Inspection of Real Estate Objects for Accommodation of Internally Displaced Persons and the Standard Form of the Real Estate Inspection Act were approved.

In accordance with the requirements of this Procedure, the following objects of state, municipal and private (with the consent of the owners) ownership are subject to inspection: land plots, residential buildings, buildings, structures (their separate parts), apartments, residential and non-residential premises, and other real estate objects that are used or may be used or reconstructed or re-equipped for the accommodation of internally displaced persons.

On 29 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 486 “On Establishing the Amount of a One-time Cash Payment to the Independence Day of Ukraine Provided for by the Laws of Ukraine “On the Status of War Veterans, Guarantees of Their Social Protection” and “On Victims of Nazi Persecution in 2025”. This Resolution sets the amount of the one-off cash payment for Ukraine's Independence Day, which will be paid until 24 August 2025 in accordance with the above-mentioned laws of Ukraine.

On 29 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 482 “Some Issues of Providing Educational Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets (under the Special Fund of the State Budget) in Terms of Purchase of School Buses in 2025”. The Resolution approved the procedure and conditions for granting the aforementioned educational subvention, as well as its distribution among the regional budgets of certain regions of Ukraine in the total amount of over UAH 273 million.

On 21 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 477 “On Amendments to Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Regarding Vocational Training of Certain Categories of Persons”. This resolution amended the procedure for exercising the right of persons with disabilities as registered unemployed to vocational training, retraining and advanced training.

On 21 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 476 “On Amendments to the Procedure for Exercising Powers by the State Treasury Service in a Special Regime under Martial Law”. These amendments include the following payments on behalf of clients in the second stage, taking into account the resource availability of the single treasury account: payment for medical services for the collection, cryopreservation and storage of reproductive cells of military personnel and other persons in case of loss of reproductive function while performing their duties in defence of the state, protection of the Motherland and other duties assigned to them by law; - payment for measures to create a barrier-free space.

On 18 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 478 “On the Functioning of Centres for Preparing Citizens for National Resistance”. This Resolution was approved:

• ‘Procedure for the establishment and functioning of centres for the preparation of citizens for national resistance’;
• Model Regulation on a municipal organisation (institution, establishment) of the regional/ Kyiv city council ‘Regional/Kyiv city centre for training citizens for national resistance’;
• Model Charter of the municipal enterprise of the regional/ Kyiv city council ‘Regional/Kyiv City Centre for Preparing Citizens for National Resistance’.

Local self-government bodies are recommended to be guided by the documents approved by this CMU resolution when establishing and organising the activities of centres for preparing citizens for national resistance.

On 18 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 471 “On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 495 dated 29 April 2022”. This resolution amended the following acts of the CMU regarding the formation of housing funds intended for the temporary residence of internally displaced persons:

• CMU Resolution № 495 of 29 April 2022 ‘Some Measures for the Formation of Housing Funds Intended for Temporary Accommodation of Internally Displaced Persons’;
• ‘Procedure for the formation of housing funds intended for temporary residence, accounting and provision of such housing for temporary residence of internally displaced persons’, approved by the above-mentioned CMU Resolution No. 495.

On 18 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 470 “On Amendments to Clause 9 of the Procedure for Providing Financial State Support to Business Entities”. This Resolution extends the above-mentioned Procedure to financing of business entities - agricultural producers for the construction of vegetable and potato storage facilities.

On 18 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 469 “On Amendments to the Procedures Approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 738 dated 21 June 2022”. This Resolution of the CMU amended the following acts of the Government:

• ‘The Procedure for Providing Grants for the Establishment or Development of Horticulture, Berry Growing and Viticulture’, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 738 dated 21 June 2022;
• The Procedure for Providing Grants for the Establishment or Development of Greenhouse Farming, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 738 of 21 June 2022.

On 18 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 466 “On Approval of the Procedure for Issuing Certificates to Insurance Experts on Labour Protection”. This Resolution will come into force on 8 May 2025 and regulates the procedure for issuing unlimited certificates by the Pension Fund of Ukraine or its territorial bodies to the above-mentioned experts.

The certificate will be issued to a person who meets the following requirements

• appointed to the position of an insurance expert on labour protection by an authorised body;
• has a university degree and/or specialised education as an occupational health and safety specialist or a university degree in occupational therapy, or a higher technical or medical education;
• has at least three years of work experience;
• has undergone training, instruction and testing of knowledge on labour protection in accordance with the requirements of the ‘Standard Regulation on the Procedure for Training and Testing of Knowledge on Labour Protection’ approved by Order of the State Committee of Ukraine on Occupational Safety and Health of 26 January 2005 No. 15.

Insurance experts on labour protection will have the right to:

• freely and at any time visit enterprises to check the state of labour conditions and safety and to carry out preventive work on these issues;
• participate in the investigation of accidents at work and occupational diseases, as well as in testing the knowledge of labour protection of employees of enterprises as part of relevant commissions
• Receive explanations and information from employers, including in writing, on the state of labour protection and types of activities carried out;
• to participate in the work of commissions on labour protection of enterprises and commissions for testing knowledge on labour protection;
• to make binding submissions to employers on violations of labour protection legislation, and to the central executive body implementing the state policy in the field of labour protection - submissions on imposing administrative penalties or bringing to justice officials who committed such violations, as well as on prohibiting further operation of workplaces, sites and workshops where work threatens the health or life of employees;
• draw up reports on administrative offences in cases provided for by law;
• participate as independent experts in the work of commissions for testing and commissioning of production facilities, production and personal protective equipment, equipment and control devices.

On 18 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 462 “On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 348 dated 18 April 2023”. This Resolution of the CMU amended the ‘Criteria for Assessing the Admissibility of State Aid to Business Entities for Ensuring Regional Development and Support of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises’.

On 18 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 460 “On Implementation of the Pilot Project to Enable the Operation of a Non-Governmental Organisation based on a Model Charter”. This Resolution approved the ‘model charter of a non-governmental organisation’ and the Procedure for conducting the above-mentioned pilot project.

This Resolution shall enter into force on 1 November 2025.

On 18 April, the CMU issued Resolution № 357-r “On the Allocation of Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Implementation of a Public Investment Project for the Arrangement of Safe Conditions in Secondary Education Institutions (Construction of Shelters), including Military (Naval, Military Sports) Lyceums, and Lyceums with Enhanced Military and Physical Training, in 2025”. This Government order allocated over UAH 829 million to the budgets of selected hromadas in Ukraine.

On 15 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 450 “Some Issues of Ensuring the Functioning of the System of Accounting for Information on Damage to Personal Non-Property Rights of Individuals as a Result of the Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine”. This Resolution approved the Procedure for Maintaining the System of Information on Damage to Personal Non-Property Rights of Individuals as a Result of the Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. It also obliges the executive bodies of village, settlement, town, city and district councils (if established) to ensure that information on children affected by military operations and armed conflicts, children temporarily displaced (evacuated) in the territory of Ukraine where military (combat) operations are not taking place, is entered into the Unified Information and Analytical System ‘Children’ by 19 May 2025.

On 15 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 435 “On Approval of the Regulation on the State Agency for the Management of Reserves of Ukraine”. The above-mentioned State Agency is a central executive body, whose activities are directed and coordinated by the CMU through the First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine - Minister of Economy and which implements the state policy in the field of state reserves. Within the scope of its powers, the above-mentioned State Agency has the right to request information, documents and materials from local self-government bodies and legal entities (regardless of their form of ownership) necessary to perform its tasks, and has access (free of charge) to registers and databases owned (administered) by local self-government bodies, in compliance with the requirements of the Law of Ukraine ‘On Protection of Information in Information and Communication Systems’.

On 15 April, the CMU issued Resolution № 358-r “On Approval of the Distribution of the Amount of Additional Subsidies from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Exercise of Powers of Local Self-Government Bodies in the De-occupied, Temporarily Occupied and Other Territories of Ukraine Affected by the Full-Scale Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation”.

The administrators of the aforementioned additional subsidy from local budgets must ensure that the funds are allocated for the following purposes

• construction (placement), arrangement of primary (mobile) shelters;
• purchase of special transport for utility companies;
• performing priority (urgent) emergency repair and restoration works;
• purchase of construction materials to restore damaged facilities;
• repair of external and internal engineering networks and systems, including heat supply, gas supply, water supply, sewage, heating, and electrical networks.

This Resolution allocated UAH 1.78 billion to the budgets of individual hromadas in Ukraine.

On 14 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 428 “On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 303 of 13 March 2022 ’On Termination of State Supervision (Control) Measures under Martial Law”. This resolution resumed scheduled and unscheduled state supervision (control) measures in the field of education for the period of martial law.

On 11 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 422 “On Amendments to Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Providing Subsidies for Payment of the Cost or Part of the Cost of Renting (Leasing) a Residential Premises (Part of a Residential Premises) and Compensation of Part of the Personal Income Tax or Single Tax and Military Duty”. This Resolution amended the procedure for providing subsidies for renting housing in cases where an internally displaced person applying for housing assistance is either a recipient of assistance or a member of a household of a person receiving a subsidy to pay the cost or part of the cost of renting a residential premises (part of a residential premises).

On 11 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 416 “On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1290 of 9 December 2021 ’Some Issues of Use of Special Forms of Notarial Documents”. This Resolution sets out in a new wording the Procedure for the Use, Storage, Circulation of Special Forms of Notarial Documents and Reporting on Their Expenditure and Maintaining the Unified Register of Special Forms of Notarial Documents.

On 11 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 409 “On Amendments to the Procedure for Implementation of the Programme of State Guarantees of Medical Care for the Population in 2025”. In particular, according to the amendments, once a year, the National Health Service of Ukraine assesses the achievement by healthcare providers of the indicators of fulfilment of the contract terms in terms of the level of coverage of population screening for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer.

On 11 April, the CMU issued Resolution № 337-r “On Approval of the Distribution of Additional Subsidies from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Exercise of Powers of Local Self-Government Bodies in the De-occupied, Temporarily Occupied and Other Territories of Ukraine Affected by the Full-Scale Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation for the First Quarter of 2025”. This Resolution allocated more than UAH 1.5 billion to the budgets of individual communities in Ukraine.

On 11 April, the CMU issued Resolution № 335-r “On the Distribution of Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets in 2025 for the Implementation of Certain Measures for the Social Project ’Active Parks - Locations of Healthy Ukraine”. This Resolution allocated almost UAH 46 million to the budgets of all regions of Ukraine.

On 8 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 396 “On Amendments to Clause 15 of the Procedure for Professional Certification of Performers of Certain Types of Works (Services) Related to the Creation of Architectural Objects”. In accordance with the amendments, in case of termination of the qualification certificate, the contractor may enter information on the absence of a break in work in the speciality for more than three years in the Register of Construction Activities with a qualified electronic signature, followed by confirmation of such information by the customer of works (services) or the employer of the relevant contractor through the electronic user account of the electronic system. In case of confirmation of the absence of a break in work for more than three years by the electronic system software, the validity of such a qualification certificate is automatically renewed upon entry on the renewal of the qualification certificate on the electronic system portal.

On 8 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 395 “On Amendments to the Procedure for Lease of State and Communal Property”. This Resolution supplemented the above Procedure with a separate section ‘Peculiarities of lease of buildings, structures, premises (their separate parts) of educational institutions and establishments for temporary residence of internally displaced persons’.

On 8 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 394 “Some Issues of Protection of Interests of Land Plot Owners and Application of Administrative Procedure in the Field of Land Relations”. This Resolution amended the following Governmental acts:

• Resolution № 1553 dated 17 November 2004 ‘On Approval of the Regulation on the State Fund of Land Management and Land Valuation Documents’
• Resolution of 1 August 2011 № 835 ‘Some Issues of Provision of Administrative Services by the State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre and its Territorial Bodies’;
• Resolution № 398 of 5 June 2013 ‘On Approval of the Procedure for Recognition of the Status of Self-Regulatory Organisations in the Field of Land Management and in the Field of Topographic, Geodetic and Cartographic Activities’;
• Regulation on the State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre, approved by Resolution No. 15 of 14 January 2015;
• ‘The Procedure for Conducting Land Inventory’, approved by Resolution No. 476 dated 5 June 2019;
• Resolution No. 286 of 12 March 2024 ‘On Prevention of Misuse of Land Occupied by the Kakhovka Reservoir’;
• The Procedure for the Functioning of the State Environmental Monitoring System and its Subsystems, approved by Resolution № 684 of 13 June 2024 ‘Some Issues of the Functioning of the State Environmental Monitoring System and its Subsystems’.

On 4 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 381 “On Approval of the Procedure for Establishment and Functioning of Special Groups of Pupils of Preschool Education Institutions”. The aforementioned Procedure, approved by this Resolution, defines the mechanism of formation and conditions of functioning of special groups of pupils in preschool education institutions. This Procedure also applies to special groups formed in preschool subdivisions of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs engaged in educational activities in the field of preschool education, except for special kindergartens and preschool subdivisions of special general secondary education institutions.

On 4 April, the CMU adopted Resolution № 376 “On Amendments to the Procedures Approved by the Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 509 dated 1 October 2014 and No. 646 dated 22 September 2016”. This Resolution amended the following acts of the Government:

• ‘The Procedure for Registration and Issuance of a Certificate of Registration of an Internally Displaced Person’, approved by Resolution No. 509 ‘On Registration of Internally Displaced Persons’ of 1 October 2014;
• The Procedure for the Creation, Maintenance and Access to the Information of the Unified Information Database on Internally Displaced Persons, approved by Resolution No. 646 of 22 September 2016.

Most of the innovations will come into force on 1 July 2025.

On 4 April, the CMU issued Resolution № 302-r “On Allocation of Funds from the State Budget Reserve Fund to Cover Expenses for November 2024 of State, Communal and Private Property”. This order allocated almost UAH 60 million to the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine to provide additional subsidies from the state budget to local budgets to compensate municipal educational institutions transferred to local budgets and jointly owned institutions of territorial communities of the region and district managed by regional and district councils.

On 23 April, the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine issued Order № 748 “On Approval of Amendments to the List of Territories in which Military Operations are (were) Conducted or Temporarily Occupied by the Russian Federation”.

On 16 April, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine issued Order № 573 “On Amendments to the Procedure for Ordering Documents on Basic Secondary Education and Complete Secondary Education, Issuing and Keeping Records of Their Cards”.

On 15 April, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine issued Order № 570 “On Amendments to the Procedure for Transferring Pupils of General Secondary Education Institutions to the Next Year of Study”.